Sep 24, 2024 | Adam Laats, Anti-Immigration, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Donald Trump, Fundamentalism, J.D. Vance, James Dobson, Ken Ham, KKK, Red Letter Christians, Springfield, Ohio, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Members of the Haitian community, from left, Lindsey Aime, James Fleurijean, Rose-Thamar Joseph, Harold Herard, and Viles Dorsainvil, stand for worship with Carl Ruby, pastor at Central Christian Church, in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 15,...
Jun 4, 2024 | Abortion, Bull Durham, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, Constitution, David Barton, Dodie Horton, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Candidates, Global Warming, Louisiana, Mike Johnson, Religion and Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Royce Duplessis, Supreme Court, Ten Commandments |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
Feb 1, 2024 | Abraham, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Claus Westermann, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Creation Science, Flood Narrative, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jennifer Mercieca, Ken Ham, Moses, Noah's Ark, Noah's Flood, P.T. Barnum, Progressive Protestantism, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Cargill, Rowan Williams, Science, The Genesis Flood, Wilhelm Wundt, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Dec 5, 2023 | Age of the Earth, American Democracy, Ark Encounter, Authoritarian Populism, Baptist Distinctives, Bible Reading, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Ellen Davis, Evangelical History, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Bible, James McClendon, Observational Science, Paul Combs, Religion and Politics, Richard Elliott Friedman, Rodney Kennedy, Science, University of Dayton |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Jul 11, 2023 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Adolf Hitler, American Creationism, Answers in Genesis, Biblical Literalism, Charles Darwin, Christian Colleges, Civil Rights Movement, College of the Ozarks, Creation Museum, Darwin, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Darwin-to-Vietnam trope, Darwin's Plantation, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, History and Politics, Holocaust, Jerry Bergman, Ken Ham, Martin Luther, Messiah College, Old Earth Creationism, Racism, Religion and History, Slavery, Tucker Carlson, Vietnam War, White Evangelical Racism, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Image of Ken Ham & A. Charles Ware’s 2007 book Darwin’s Plantation. Dear Jerry (if I may): Oh my. It appears that my discussion of your article on Darwin and the Vietnam War has struck a nerve. So it is that you have mustered your...
